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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Occupational safety and health in figures

The European Agency for Safety and Health at work collects information on occupational safety and health statistics and carries out surveys and polls from across Europe. We cover areas such as accidents at work, demographic trends and work-related diseases, risk management at the workplace, people’s perceptions of Europe's working environment.

The reports produced by the Agency's European Risk Observatory analyse data from sources at national and EU level and describe the implications of these figures for occupational safety and health (see, for example, our “OSH in figures” reports).

Statistical publications on safety and health

EU-OSHA reports provide information on specific worker groups, exposures, health outcomes, and industrial sectors, based on the collection, analysis and consolidation of existing hard data from national and international data sources.

ESENER - European survey of enterprises on new and emerging risks

EU-OSHA's European survey of enterprises on new and emerging risks (ESENER) explores the views of managers and workers' representatives on how health and safety risks are managed at their workplace.

From the range of workplace risks, the survey places particular focus on the growing – and relatively new - area of psychosocial risks. These risks, which are linked to the way work is designed, organised and managed, as well as to the economic and social context of work, result in an increased level of stress and can lead to serious deterioration of mental and physical health.

c36,000 interviews (approximately 1,000 per country except in Lichtenstein with 200 interviews conducted)

Fieldwork period

28th October 2011 to 17th January 2012

Questionnaire overview

Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in [country] will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years?

Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself….? (Very well informed | Fairly well informed | Not very well informed | Not at all informed)

Many European governments are considering or have decided to increase their retirement age because people are living for longer. In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (Very important | Fairly important | Not very important | Not at all important)

If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (Very confident | Fairly confident | Not very confident | Not at all confident)

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for [country] to be economically competitive, workplaces need to follow good health and safety practices? (Strongly agree | Tend to agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Tend to disagree | Strongly disagree)

Other information sources on OSH statistics

European sources

International sources

Do you think the number of people suffering from job-related stress in [country] will increase, decrease or stay around the same over the next five years?

Regarding safety and health risks at the workplace, do you consider yourself….? (Very well informed | Fairly well informed | Not very well informed | Not at all informed)

Many European governments are considering or have decided to increase their retirement age because people are living for longer. In your view, how important, if at all, are good health and safety practices to help people work for longer before they retire? (Very important | Fairly important | Not very important | Not at all important)

If you raised a health and safety problem in your workplace with your supervisor, how confident are you that it would be addressed? (Very confident | Fairly confident | Not very confident | Not at all confident)

How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
In order for [country] to be economically competitive, workplaces need to follow good health and safety practices? (Strongly agree | Tend to agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Tend to disagree | Strongly disagree)

MEADOW- a European project (closed in 2010) designed to set out Guidelines for collecting and interpreting harmonised data at the European level on organisational change and its economic and social impacts.